Best Picture (originally known as Best Production)

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Best performance by an Actor in a leading role)
Last Command, The	Noose, The		Way of All Flesh, The	Patent Leather Kid, The
Emil Jannings	Richard Barthelmess		Emil Jannings	Richard Barthelmess.

Best Actress in a Leading Role (Best performance by an Actress in a leading role)
Seventh Heaven	Street Angel	Amanecer Sunrise	Sadie Thompson	A Ship Comes In,
Janet Gaynor	Janet Gaynor	Janet Gaynor	Gloria Swanson	Louise Dresser

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress (Best performance by an Actress in a supporting role - first awarded in 1936)

Best Director (Best achievement in directing)

Best Original Screenplay (Known by many names throughout the years: Motion Picture Story, Adaptation, Original Story, Screenplay, Writing Achievement, etc.)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Cinematography

Best Art Direction

Best Costume Design

Best Sound

Best Editing

Best Sound Editing
Daylight	Eraser	The Ghost And The Darkness
Richard L. Anderson, David A. Whittaker	Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman	Bruce Stambler

Best Visual Effects

Best Makeup

Best Original Song

Best Original Dramatic Score

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score